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the carolina watchman bruner & james ) r keep a check rpo.v all tour editors cy proprietors ) rulers s new series do this and liberty is safe < gen'l harrison ( volume vi number 21 salisbury n c thursday september 27 1849 terms of the watchman fnr description per year two doi.i.ars-pnyame in dvance hut if not paid in advance two dollars and fifty cis will be charged advertisements inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts for each subsequent insertion court orders charged 25 per ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc tion to those who advertise by the year letters to the editors musl he post p;i"j tiie use of learning j!v t .-"â€¢ arthur j'm tired of going to school !' said her bert allen to william wheeler the boy who sat next to him i dont see any i great use for my part in studying gcom ptrv and navigation and surveying and melioration and the dozen other things that i am expected to learn they 1 nev i i i'm not to get mv rr do me anv gon.l i m "*Â» * living as a surveyor or measurer or sea | captain how are you going to get vo-.r living herbert his young iriend usked in a quiet tone as he looked up in b - 'Â»Â«*'- , , why i'm g"'m lo lÂ«'hr a trade : or at i ,*| i , ii.r says that i am \ ,| so am i replied william and 1 1u father wishes me to b n , ery n r thai 1 can lor he assures me thai useful some time or other in my life â€¢| am sure i cant see what use i'm ever going to make as a saddler of algebra and surveying still if we can't see it herbert perhaps ou fathers can for they are older and wiser than we are and we should en deavor to learn simply because they wish i is to ven if in every thing we are ex ! ,,.,.,. t to barn we do not see clearly the u | v feel so herbert replied tossing n and 1 dont beleive that my fa ; thei sees any more clearly than i do the use ol ili this y/_ou are wrong totalkso.'his friend said in a serious tone ; ] would not think as .,,. ,., bi the world our fathers know whal ia best lor us and if we do not con fids i ihem we shall surely go wrong i ara not afraid responded herbert closing the book over which he hud been reluctantly poring for half an hour in the vain attempt to fix a lesson on his unvvill j ing memory ; and taking some marbles from his pocket commenced amusing him ! with them from the teacher's observa ' tion william said no more but turned to iiis bsson with an earnest attention difference in the cliaracter ofthe two is two plainly indicated in the brief conversation we have recorded to need further illustration to their teacher it was evident in numerous particulars in their conduct their habits and manners j vvilliam recited bis lessons correctly i while herbert never learned a task well j ont v always punctual at school â€” the j th ' loiterer by the way william's ivere well taken care of â€” herbert's â€¢ <â– !',. lorn disfigured and broken ex i nally and internally ihus they began life the one obedi ; t industrious attentive to the precepts ofthose who were older and wiser and willing to be guided by them ; the other . indolent and inclined to follow the lead iiigs ofhis own will rather lhan the more ex^cruieced teachings of others # as men at the a"e of 35 we will again nt them to the reader mr wheeler is an intelligent merchant in an active business while mr allen is a journey in mechanic poor in embarrassed cir iiimiuices and possessing but a small if general information lii ix hi mi do mr allen said lhe merchant about this time as the latter en hi counting room ol the former intrast in their appearance was great the merchant was well and bud a cheerful look while the other was clad and seemed sad and dejected i can't say that i do verv well mr wheeler the mechanic replh . ii a tone of deep despondency work is very dull and wages low and with so large a fam ilv as j have it is tough enough to get a long under the best circumstances ! am really sorry to hear you say so mi allen replied the merchant in a kind tone how much can you earn in a week now f i ' had steady work i could earn nine ullars a week but our business is bad the substitution of steam en n railroads for horses upon turn pvv ,; s broken in seriously upon the harness making buisness the conse quence is ihat i do not average six dollars :' vvetk the year round is it possible that the railroads have wrought such a change in your business ?' ves â€” the harness making branch of it especially in large cities like this where the heavy wagon trade is almost entirely broken up * did you say that six dollars a week were all that you could average ?' ves sir how large is your family i have five children sir five children and only six dollars a week ?' that is all sir but six dollars a week will not support them and l am in conse quence going behindhand vou ought to try to get into some other business but i dont know any other the merchant mused lor a while and tan said perhaps i can aid you in get l"ig into something better i am presi nt of a newly projected railroad and 6 aie about putting on the line a com r*dj of engineers for the purpose of sur v,i'u and engineering and as you stud d these science's at school at the same lrne that i did and i suppose have still a knowledge of both ; if so i will se toy influence to have you appointed urvnor the engineer is already cho n anl at my desire will give you all eqtiebite instructions until you revive wtr early knowledge of these matters t ue savy is one hundred dollars a month a shadow still darker than that which rested there fell upon the face of the me chanic alas ! sir he said i have not the slightest knowledge it is true i stud ied it at or rather pretended lo study it at school out it made no impression on my mind i saw no use in it then andÂ«am now as ignorant of surveying as if 1 had never t.i ken a lesson on the subject i am very sorry mr allen the mer chant replied in real concern it ou were a good accountant i might perhaps get oj nto a store what is ojr ca pacity in this respect v i ought to have been a good accountant sir for i studied j mathematics long enough ; but i took lit i lie interest in figures and now although i was for many months at school and pretentled to study book keeping i am ut terly incapable of taking charge ofa set of books such being the case i really do not know what i can do with you but stay ! i am about sending out an assorted cargo fo buenos ayres and thence round toca lao and want a man to go as supercargo who can speak the spanish language i remember that we studied spanish to gether would you be willing to leave your family and go ? the wages will be 8 100 a month i have forgotten all my spanish sir i du not see the use of it while at school i and therefore it made no impression on j my mind the merchant really concerned for the j poor mechanic again thought of some way to serve him at length he said i can think of but one thing that you can do mr allen and that will not be much better than your present employment it is a service for which ordinary persons are employed â€” that of chain carrying to the surveyor on the proposed railroad ex pedition what are the wages sir v 3f a month and found v certainly i will accept it sir thankfully the man said it will be better than my present employment then make yourself ready at once for the company will start in a week i will be ready sir the poor man re j plied and then withdrew j ii a week the company of engineers â– started and mr allen with them as j chain carrier when had he as a boy i taken the advice of his parents and friends and stored up in his memory what they wished him to learn he might have filled the surveyor's office at more than double the wages paid him as chain carrier in j deed we cannot tell how high a position j of usefulness he might have held had he j improved all the opportunities afforded j him in youth but he perceived the use | ot learning too late children and youth cannot possibly j know so well as their parents guardians | and teachers what is best for them j men who are in active contact with the j world know that the more extensive their j knowledge on all subjects the more useful | they can be to others ; and the higher | and more important use to soch ty hey | are fitted to perform the greater is the return to themselves in wealth and honor a beautiful anecdote â€” the washing i ton republic in the course of an editori i al article introduces the following beau j tiful anecdote of the father of his coun ! try from sparks life of washington â€” j " by a vote ofthe house of burgesses of virginia the speaker mr robinson was j directed to return thanks to washington ; for his distinguished military services in behalf of the colony upon his appear ance in the house mr robinson discharg i cd that duty with dignity anil eloquence at the conclusion of the speaker's ad ; dress the historian tells us that " wash i ington rose to express his acknowledg ments for thc honor but such was his tre j pidation and confusion that he could not j give distinct utterance to a single sylla j ble he blushed stammered and trem bled for a second when the speaker re ! lieved him by a stroke of address which would have done honor to louis the fourteenth in his happiest moments sit down mr washington said he with a conciliatory smile your modesty | equals your valor and that surpasses the i power of any language that i can ex j press " prolific â€” a singular but true state \ ment â€” at our present writing there is a ! lady in this county 82 years of age who ; has had 21 children two of her daugh j lers also reside in this county one of them the wife of mr wm faircloth has had 16 children 14 of whom are now iiv ing the other the wife of mr mathew faircloth has had 23 children 18 of whom are now living â€” 9 sons and 9 daughters these ladies are in the prime of life with \ every prospect of increasing family an ! other sister mrs parker recently died in scriven county at the age of 38 years ! who had 25 children the children of the mrs faircloth's were all born in this j county if any county in georgia can beat baker either in luxuriance of its productions or lhe domestic increase of its population we would like to hear from it â€” albany geo patriot the roller among the many implements of hus j bandry says a writer in the olive branch which science has lately brought to the i aid of the farmer we may enumerate the j roll or " roller as by no means the least j important as its form is various so also ] are the uses to which it is applied it is j in fact impossible to dispense with it in any complete system of tillage let the na j ture of the soil be what it may in re j marking upon the practical importance of ; the roller a late foreign author very cor j rectly observes : " the first object usually aimed at in | the application or use of this instrument is to break those clods or indurated mass j es of earth which have resisted the ac ! tion of the harrowr ; or at all events to i bury them in the ground so that at the next harrowing â€” which when thus bu ried they cannot well escape â€” they must j necessarily be somewhat diminished in j size the second object according to our own author is to give greater compact ness to the soil and to effect a union of its component parts the third use to which it is applied i.s to press down and make firm the ground about the seeds and to cause the latter to adhere better to the soil the fourth is to cover with mould or to press into the soil the roots of those plants sown in the preceding au tumn which have been detached by the frost lastly it is employed for the pur pose of destroying insects which injure the young plants and which particularly during the night come up to the surface to seek their food the shape of the rol ler is various it is generally round yet we have the hexagonal and octagon al and a roller armed with long-pointed iron spikes intended not only for pulver izing and breaking the indurated clods but for scarifying the surface of soils that have become bound out and which re quire renovating by breaking and manur ing this is a valuable instrument by passing it over old grass lands and spread ing a coat of manure on the scarified sur face just before rain and then smoothly rolling it with the cylindrical roller a de cided improvement is at once effected long long ago vs wagons fifty six years ago witnessed the first rattle of a wagon wheel in lhe county ofj buncombe ; it was brought from new j jersey by beaden and zebulon baird it j was as great a curiosity as an elephant or giraffe to an untutored savage ! peo j pie dropped their plow and hoe handles . left their houses and gardens or patches j and all run to see the wagon col j j barnett afterwards used to charge 5 for | helping persons to get wagons to bun j combe his plan was on the hill sides ! to put both hind wheels on the lower side j and to tie saplins to the axels to keep j them from turning a somerset ! the first road to or across the mountains from south carolina to tennessee was opened out by col e earle who was employed and paid to do it by the state of south carolina for 2,000 if any one wants tr know the whereabouts of that road and will go to the highest hills and ridg es in our country he may find it get j ting up a hill was never thought about in ancient road making â€” the idea was al i ways first and last to get on a long ridge ! b and z baird brought the first goods that ever came to buncombe a jews harp m those days created as great risen sation as the telegraph or a railroad a \ cross the atlantic now ! an old friend and citizen in town had ajewsharp given to him which forever immortalized the giver in his estimation and produced as much gratitude as â€¢ yan j kee doodle would produce mer i ment now j upon that instrument from the lips ofj that gentleman in the midst of his friends : vve expect in future to gather up inci ] dents ofthe olden time in buncombe and j give them to our readers â€” asheville mes \ senger a wonderful deformity â€” a crowd of persons were gathered around a country wagon which standing in front of the i farmers bank on monday afternoon to j look upon one of the most repulsive and j remarkable instances of human malfor j mation probably in existence the un j fortunate person is a young man from rowan county n c apparently about 21 or 22 years of age we are unable to describe the deformities anatomically and words can hardly convey an adequate idea of them instead of hands the bones of his arms have forked out at the wrist j making a malformation at the termination ! of each arm resembling the letter v on j the ends of which are the usual appenda ges to fingers vve will not attempt to describe his nether limbs as it would be , both a difficult and revolting undertaking the young man stated that his health was very good what his motive was in coming so far from home we are unable to say â€” richmond rep | two baltimorians capt wilson fow j ler who has just died of cholera in mis ! souri and capt washington hand wbo . died at sea oj cholera few weeks since paid 34 each to our life insurance com ; pany securing to each of their widows 2,000 which has already been paid baltimore paper to the public the following letter from dr alexander m j henderson in relation to the late difficulty be j tween lhe hon green w caldwell and my j self explains the object of this publication it j speaks for itself and is submitted without one | word of comment in order that the whole j subject may be judged of fairly and fully cop i ies of the printed articles " c and " a vo teh referred lo in the correspondence are also appended rufus barringer concord sept lllh 1849 letter and statement of dr h sailisbury sept loth 1849 mv df-ar barringer : i learn thai in mecklenburg reports are j in circulation prejudicial lo your conduct in the ] late difficulty between capt caldwell and yonr ; self at ihis i am exceedingly surprised for i never knew an aftair of lhe kind more honor j ably and satisfactorily adjusted ; and your con duct throughout was most unexceptionable â€” and i am happy to learn that these reports are j in no way attributable to capt c or his j " friend mr davidson who i think from their gentlemanly bearing during and subse quent lo the negotiation will fully concur wilh j me in this opinion but he this as it may as your " friend i deem it due both to you and myself tbat the public should be put at once in | possession of the f.irls ; and therefore advise the publication without delay oflhe entire cor j respondence with the subjoined statements of my own : when you called upon me to aet as your j " friend and handed tne the " note of capt c of the 17th ult addressed to yourself i at once unhesitatingly pronounced it a direct in vitation to the field such you told me was your own opinion as also lhe opinion of thrpe different friends to whom you had had occasion to divulge the subject ; and that acting under j this belief you had already made lhe necessary preparations for any contingency and such i found to be the fact when the parties met at the catawba springs on the 97th ult in the further prosecution of the aftair i learned from a source entirely re liable though not at all authorized by capt c that his note to you oflhe 17th ult was not in tended as a challenge this information ol course altered my posi tion as your " second and rendered it my im perative duty to learn directly from cant c whether such was the fact otherwise ihere j was but one course left me â€” to deliver your note of acceptance and arrange the prelimina i ties for an immediate meeting in the field â€” this explain the cause of my addressing the note ofthe 27th ult to capt c but knowing also lhat he on a point of etiquette could not receive a communication from me without first i hearing from you i asked you to write a form , al note lo him to accompany mine on the reception of capt c.'s reply to my j communication disclosing on his part lhat his i note ofthe 17th ult was not a challenge i re marked to you that il was now your duty to fur nish such explanations of the alleged offensive publications as would be consistent with justice both to yourself and capt c you thereupon wrote the letler approved of by me which was accepted as satisfactory by capt c and a re conciliation immediately took place respectfully your friend a m henderson rufus barringer esq correspondence charlotte n c august 17 1849 sir : â€” i have been informed that you have i acknowledged that you wrote the communica j lion " c published in the hornet's nest ; â€” j and i also learn that you are lhe author of the ! article which appeared in lhe cliarloile journ al bearing date 23rd july 1849 â€” over the sig | nature of " a voter now sir boih ofthose communications es j pecially the latter i consider a gross and un | provoked attack upon my character for which i demand of you satisfaction this note will be handed lo you by mr e c davidson who will act as my friend in ihis matter yours respectfully g w caldwell r barringer esq catawba springs august 27 lh 1849 sir : â€” this note will be handed to you by j dr a m.henderson of salisbury who will act ' as my friend in the difficulty now pending be tween capt g w caldwell and myself your ob't serv't rufus barringer e c davidson esq catawba springs august 27 1649 capt g w caldwell : sir â€” your communicalion dated august 17th directed lo my friend mr rufus barringer by the hand of e c davidson esq is now before me i confess it places me as the friend of mr barringer in an awkward position for it may be understood either as a peremptory invita tion to the field or a demand for explanation it is a matter of absolute necessity that i as the friend of mr barringer should understand mv own position as well as that of mr bar ringer before i can take any step in the affair now pending the course of a friend in matters of this sort is a plain one and he having the honor ofhis principal as well as his own at slake is compelled lo act promptly and decisively ; to do this he must understand his position hence lhe above communication directed to you which emanates solely from me respectfully your olf'l serv't a m henderson catawba springs august 27 1849 sir â€” your note of the 17;h instant was handed to me at morganton on tuesday eve ning the 21st of ibis month its contents tire now und*r consideration bu all he suggestion of my frieud dr a m hendeison final action , â€” â€” ; threon is postponed fnr reasons which he will give until he can address a line to you and \ receive an answer when you may again ex pect to hear from me very respectfully your ob't serv't rufus barringer capt g w caldwell lincoln co n c angus 27 1849 sir â€” your letter ofthe at.Â«ve date has just been handed me by mv friend e c davidson i iou say lhal my not of ihe 17th inst to r barringer esq places you as his friend in ; an awkward position â€” because you do not j know whether il is an invitation lo lhe field or ' a demand for an explanation it was not intended as an invitation to the j fiÂ«'ld but a demand for satisfaction forthe com mimical ions signed h c and â€¢Â« a voter and especially the latterthe whole of which i thought personally offensive g w caldwell dr a m hendehsox catawba springs aug 27 1349 sir : â€” your note of this date directed to my friend dr a m henderson in reply to a communication ofhis has just been laid before me by dr h â€” in which you sav that an in vitation lo ihe field " was not intended iu your note to me of lhe 17:h inst thus understanding your note of the 17th i am free to say under the advice of my friend dr ii and which also meels wiih my own views of justice between gentlemen that ide signed nothing personally offensive to you in either ofthe communications alluded to in yonr nole i merely intended charging you wilh political inconsistencies â€” particularly in voting while in congress for one of the peculiar measures of mr tyler's administration ; and i considered lhat in afterwards accepting of fice from mr tyler you laid yourself open to ihe imputation of having been more or less in fluenced by interested motives in giving lhat vote ; but if in ihis i have done you individu ally a wrong i have no hesitation in making you ample reparation by wilhdrawing all ex pressions conveying any such imputation in the allusion made in those communica tions lo the time and circumstances of your vol unteering in the winter of 1847 i do not ques tion your patriotism i intended saying thai in addition to motives of patriotism there may have also heen other considerations probably ofa pady east which were believed by ma ny to have somewhat influenced your conduct but these considerations were by no means of an improper or unworthy characier my in tention was o guard the whigs against voting for you on the ground of having volunteered when it may have heen a part of your purpose not at all wrong in itself to advance the in terest of your parly by so volunteering and finally i suggested lhat ample remuneration had been received by you for whatever ser vices you may have rendered without design ing lo cast any slain or reflection on your char acter as a gentleman in part of either of the communications your ob't serv't rufus barringer capt g w caldwell lincoln co n c aug 27th 1849 sir : â€” your note in answer to mine of this ' morning addressed to yonr friend dr a m henderson was handed me this evening by mr davidson and in reply i will say that your explanation of the communications refer red to in our former correspondence are re ceived by me as satisficiory and are such as one gentleman had a righl to expect from anoiher very respectfully your ob't serv't g w caldwell r barringer esq appendix mr editor : â€” the candidates for con gress â€” the hon edmund deberry and capt g w caldwell â€” addressed the citizens of cabar rus on the 17th inst being tuesday ofcounty courl it was the first lime ihey have con fronted each olher the public may desire some account of this conflict of arm mr deberry rose first : and just as our eye fell upon his erect and ro!>u?t form we could not help wishing the editor of the " lin-oln republican had been there in order to have ocular demonstration of how near the truth he was when he said mr deberry was a week feeble senseless and deaf old man ! mr deberry proceeded to state his devotion to whig principles and to gen taylor he vindicated ih policy of lhe administration as far as developed â€” denying that in any instance it had violated its promises or disappointed the just expectations of the country he dwell at some length on the matter of proscription about which democratic papers are making so much ado and shewed incontestable that gen tax lor had displaced no man who had not prostituted his office to party purposes or was wanting in one or the other oflhe essential qualifications ofthe jeflwsonian standard â€” " capacity â€” honesty fidelity he condemned in unmeasured term that spirit of waj^and conquest which chtrac terizes dvncaflfe policy ; and concluded with a firm but moawate expression of his determi nation to adhere to the rights of the south on the slavery question we do nol aim at any sketch of his remarks it i sufficient to say lhat it was a model speech as the man him self is a mode whig politician candid honest conservative pa ri otic nnd devoted to the vn ion il n 'â€¢â€¢ i â– ' iv impression on the audi ence y,'ia v.-v whig with th selection of the c,v.i i rbfle its straightforward ness elicited b ven from the democrats themselves capt caldwell rose to reply ; and really we wish we were master of the stenographic art ; for we would like to publish iu your columns his remarks entire sincerely we think if capt caldwell could see his speech in hat form he and his party would be utterly asham ed of it ; for it would be next to impossible to read over cooly such a rigmitolc ol effrontery and contradiction wi.bout being covered w.th the blush of shame the first ofhis speech was taken up with a flourish about how he had driven three cornpe litors from the field ; wilh a tirade about the evils of conventions â€” the most offending ofall . which bodies was the albemarle convention , because it snatched a sent from under him iu which he confidently hoped lo luxuriate at the i next session of congress and finally wilh a ; lecture to the whigs about proscription all i this part of his remarks wae spoken to demo i cratic ears he now turns and addresses the whigs in tho ; blandest manner and in the most conciliatory j style a man never looks so ridiculous as when he is attempting lo prove himself lo be ; whal his whole life proves him mil lo be â€” judge then how capt caldwell looks while trying lo make out that he is a very decent sort of j something in ihe shape of a whig ! ! if his ol.ject were nol too obvious lo be misunder stood we might be tetruted to congratulate the whig parly upon his accession to^iheir ranks j but we have no notion of hugging a delusioti tor of bosoming a serpent he wants whig ; votes he cares not the value of a penny for . whig principles and his own course shows this in may he addressed the same audience j which he addressed on tuesday and in the same church and from the same stand wo i ask capt caldwell if he remembers his avow al then that he was not only a democrat but i an ultra democrat ? we ask him and the coun try how that avowal comports w't't his attempt on last tuesday at concord to make himsell out as little objectionable to a whig as gov graham or mr deberry ? but mark the mo ! live for the avowal and its subsequent recanta tion in may he had three opponents he j knew with such opposition if he could secure j the lull vole of the democratic party he must j be elected hence he went the whole length of unterrified locofocoism and scouted or at least was indifferent lo whig aid in july ho has one whig opponent : and he knows now that beaten he must be unless he can wheedle whigs to his support hence we are told lhat we have all been mistaken about thc charac ter of green caldwell that he is a tolerable whig â€” hardly indeed a whit behind lhe vele rans of that party ! strange and sudden tum bling that ! ! ! the trick won't take at least we venture to say in cabarrus allow us mr editor to express our surprise that tho gallant captain should condescend to beecma a political jugglor bul says capt caldwell tliere are no is sues at present â€” or next to none between tho parlies and laking inlo consideration my other merits whigs may well vote for me as mr deberry this is another piece of news which capt caldwell carried over to concord we did not know before lhat the democratic had deserted their side of all thc important ques lions before the country and had come over on nearly every one to iho whig side we aro sure lhe whigs are standing lo theirs but mr editor we close with a few word the whigs of this district are too well acquain ted wiih capt g w caldwell and his course and his politics to be charmed al this late day inlo his support â€” charm he never so wisely wo remember how he accepted office under iho man john tyler who so basely betrayed our interests and principles we remember how he allowed his partizan feeling9 to carry him to the point of contempt for the state authori ty â€” because a whig governor appointed a whig colonel of the regiment of north cam lina volunteers we remember how he spent all last summer in a war of words against the illustrious soldier under whom he had served in mexico these things and many more wo remember ; and we see too clearly through his tergiversations during this campaign conse quently he cannot succeed in seducing from lhe path of duty any irue whig the univer sal belief is hat it is only another attempt to betray wilh a kiss and lh whigs are deter mined nol to leave gen taylor at ihe mercy of such friends as capt caldwell his ad ministration is io esiablish lhe peace policy of the general government he is to put down the thir.-t for war abroad in the land the great issue before the country as the distin guishingone between parties at the present day is whether the future intercourse of the govern ment with other nations is to be one of war and enmity or one of peace and friendship â€” those who vole for mr deberry go for iho " country as il is â€” for the constitution and for peace those who vote for mr caldwell are indirectly encouraging lhe leaders of lbe de mocratic party lo plunge the nation iu more unnecessary foreign wars â€” aro in favor of blood-shed and conquest â€” are in favor of sub duing and subjugating other countries to gratify an useless ambition and avarice remember the issue â€” mark the prediction and think of the result c fur the charlotte journal mr editor : â€” capl caldwell has i learn the effrontery lo claim votes from the people of this district on tbe ground of having resigned a lucrative appointment and volunteered to go to mexico now sir do the people remember the circumstances under which col gailher * was removed from the mint and capt c ap pointed in his stead ? the facts are these in 1841 mr caldwell wa chosen a repre sentative in congres the then president â€” accidental john tyler â€” having betrayed the whigs and not meeting wilh lhe favor he ex peeled at the hands of the mass of lhe demo cratic paity was wholly without friflids in congress the traitor set to woi to manufac tnre some the enormous patronage oftho government was ai his command a certain measure known z his fiscal agent scheme f,,r collecting and disbursing the public revenue was employed as a feeler in tbe house of rep resenfatives this absurb financial project re ce ived only some twelve or fifteen votes in the noose thai number consisted of henry a wise geo h profit w w irvine green w cnldirru and others il i known sir that nearly every member who voted for that abomi nable measure received from john tyler a lu entire appointment mr g w caldwell re reived the best oflice in norlh carolina to make way for him col b s gaitber was re jec'.ed does mr c think the people havo forgotten these things / but says capl c / did voluntarily resign ', my fit office to go lo mexico there are some people ho have never been satisfied on this point if patriotism alone prompted lhe ex-su perintendent why did he not answer the call of his democratic president in the summer of 4h ? why did he not lead off immediately on receiving the second call in the winter of 46 â€” 47 i iiave heard it alleged lhat nothing but party zea and patty pride induced capt c to step forward when be saw his democratic friends in mecklenburg were about lo bring di grace on themselves and the party in n c by refusing io raise a single volunteer to aid in extricating the country out ol the unnecessary

the carolina watchman bruner & james ) r keep a check rpo.v all tour editors cy proprietors ) rulers s new series do this and liberty is safe < gen'l harrison ( volume vi number 21 salisbury n c thursday september 27 1849 terms of the watchman fnr description per year two doi.i.ars-pnyame in dvance hut if not paid in advance two dollars and fifty cis will be charged advertisements inserted at 1 for the first and 25 cts for each subsequent insertion court orders charged 25 per ct higher than these rates a liberal deduc tion to those who advertise by the year letters to the editors musl he post p;i"j tiie use of learning j!v t .-"â€¢ arthur j'm tired of going to school !' said her bert allen to william wheeler the boy who sat next to him i dont see any i great use for my part in studying gcom ptrv and navigation and surveying and melioration and the dozen other things that i am expected to learn they 1 nev i i i'm not to get mv rr do me anv gon.l i m "*Â» * living as a surveyor or measurer or sea | captain how are you going to get vo-.r living herbert his young iriend usked in a quiet tone as he looked up in b - 'Â»Â«*'- , , why i'm g"'m lo lÂ«'hr a trade : or at i ,*| i , ii.r says that i am \ ,| so am i replied william and 1 1u father wishes me to b n , ery n r thai 1 can lor he assures me thai useful some time or other in my life â€¢| am sure i cant see what use i'm ever going to make as a saddler of algebra and surveying still if we can't see it herbert perhaps ou fathers can for they are older and wiser than we are and we should en deavor to learn simply because they wish i is to ven if in every thing we are ex ! ,,.,.,. t to barn we do not see clearly the u | v feel so herbert replied tossing n and 1 dont beleive that my fa ; thei sees any more clearly than i do the use ol ili this y/_ou are wrong totalkso.'his friend said in a serious tone ; ] would not think as .,,. ,., bi the world our fathers know whal ia best lor us and if we do not con fids i ihem we shall surely go wrong i ara not afraid responded herbert closing the book over which he hud been reluctantly poring for half an hour in the vain attempt to fix a lesson on his unvvill j ing memory ; and taking some marbles from his pocket commenced amusing him ! with them from the teacher's observa ' tion william said no more but turned to iiis bsson with an earnest attention difference in the cliaracter ofthe two is two plainly indicated in the brief conversation we have recorded to need further illustration to their teacher it was evident in numerous particulars in their conduct their habits and manners j vvilliam recited bis lessons correctly i while herbert never learned a task well j ont v always punctual at school â€” the j th ' loiterer by the way william's ivere well taken care of â€” herbert's â€¢ u?t form we could not help wishing the editor of the " lin-oln republican had been there in order to have ocular demonstration of how near the truth he was when he said mr deberry was a week feeble senseless and deaf old man ! mr deberry proceeded to state his devotion to whig principles and to gen taylor he vindicated ih policy of lhe administration as far as developed â€” denying that in any instance it had violated its promises or disappointed the just expectations of the country he dwell at some length on the matter of proscription about which democratic papers are making so much ado and shewed incontestable that gen tax lor had displaced no man who had not prostituted his office to party purposes or was wanting in one or the other oflhe essential qualifications ofthe jeflwsonian standard â€” " capacity â€” honesty fidelity he condemned in unmeasured term that spirit of waj^and conquest which chtrac terizes dvncaflfe policy ; and concluded with a firm but moawate expression of his determi nation to adhere to the rights of the south on the slavery question we do nol aim at any sketch of his remarks it i sufficient to say lhat it was a model speech as the man him self is a mode whig politician candid honest conservative pa ri otic nnd devoted to the vn ion il n 'â€¢â€¢ i â– ' iv impression on the audi ence y,'ia v.-v whig with th selection of the c,v.i i rbfle its straightforward ness elicited b ven from the democrats themselves capt caldwell rose to reply ; and really we wish we were master of the stenographic art ; for we would like to publish iu your columns his remarks entire sincerely we think if capt caldwell could see his speech in hat form he and his party would be utterly asham ed of it ; for it would be next to impossible to read over cooly such a rigmitolc ol effrontery and contradiction wi.bout being covered w.th the blush of shame the first ofhis speech was taken up with a flourish about how he had driven three cornpe litors from the field ; wilh a tirade about the evils of conventions â€” the most offending ofall . which bodies was the albemarle convention , because it snatched a sent from under him iu which he confidently hoped lo luxuriate at the i next session of congress and finally wilh a ; lecture to the whigs about proscription all i this part of his remarks wae spoken to demo i cratic ears he now turns and addresses the whigs in tho ; blandest manner and in the most conciliatory j style a man never looks so ridiculous as when he is attempting lo prove himself lo be ; whal his whole life proves him mil lo be â€” judge then how capt caldwell looks while trying lo make out that he is a very decent sort of j something in ihe shape of a whig ! ! if his ol.ject were nol too obvious lo be misunder stood we might be tetruted to congratulate the whig parly upon his accession to^iheir ranks j but we have no notion of hugging a delusioti tor of bosoming a serpent he wants whig ; votes he cares not the value of a penny for . whig principles and his own course shows this in may he addressed the same audience j which he addressed on tuesday and in the same church and from the same stand wo i ask capt caldwell if he remembers his avow al then that he was not only a democrat but i an ultra democrat ? we ask him and the coun try how that avowal comports w't't his attempt on last tuesday at concord to make himsell out as little objectionable to a whig as gov graham or mr deberry ? but mark the mo ! live for the avowal and its subsequent recanta tion in may he had three opponents he j knew with such opposition if he could secure j the lull vole of the democratic party he must j be elected hence he went the whole length of unterrified locofocoism and scouted or at least was indifferent lo whig aid in july ho has one whig opponent : and he knows now that beaten he must be unless he can wheedle whigs to his support hence we are told lhat we have all been mistaken about thc charac ter of green caldwell that he is a tolerable whig â€” hardly indeed a whit behind lhe vele rans of that party ! strange and sudden tum bling that ! ! ! the trick won't take at least we venture to say in cabarrus allow us mr editor to express our surprise that tho gallant captain should condescend to beecma a political jugglor bul says capt caldwell tliere are no is sues at present â€” or next to none between tho parlies and laking inlo consideration my other merits whigs may well vote for me as mr deberry this is another piece of news which capt caldwell carried over to concord we did not know before lhat the democratic had deserted their side of all thc important ques lions before the country and had come over on nearly every one to iho whig side we aro sure lhe whigs are standing lo theirs but mr editor we close with a few word the whigs of this district are too well acquain ted wiih capt g w caldwell and his course and his politics to be charmed al this late day inlo his support â€” charm he never so wisely wo remember how he accepted office under iho man john tyler who so basely betrayed our interests and principles we remember how he allowed his partizan feeling9 to carry him to the point of contempt for the state authori ty â€” because a whig governor appointed a whig colonel of the regiment of north cam lina volunteers we remember how he spent all last summer in a war of words against the illustrious soldier under whom he had served in mexico these things and many more wo remember ; and we see too clearly through his tergiversations during this campaign conse quently he cannot succeed in seducing from lhe path of duty any irue whig the univer sal belief is hat it is only another attempt to betray wilh a kiss and lh whigs are deter mined nol to leave gen taylor at ihe mercy of such friends as capt caldwell his ad ministration is io esiablish lhe peace policy of the general government he is to put down the thir.-t for war abroad in the land the great issue before the country as the distin guishingone between parties at the present day is whether the future intercourse of the govern ment with other nations is to be one of war and enmity or one of peace and friendship â€” those who vole for mr deberry go for iho " country as il is â€” for the constitution and for peace those who vote for mr caldwell are indirectly encouraging lhe leaders of lbe de mocratic party lo plunge the nation iu more unnecessary foreign wars â€” aro in favor of blood-shed and conquest â€” are in favor of sub duing and subjugating other countries to gratify an useless ambition and avarice remember the issue â€” mark the prediction and think of the result c fur the charlotte journal mr editor : â€” capl caldwell has i learn the effrontery lo claim votes from the people of this district on tbe ground of having resigned a lucrative appointment and volunteered to go to mexico now sir do the people remember the circumstances under which col gailher * was removed from the mint and capt c ap pointed in his stead ? the facts are these in 1841 mr caldwell wa chosen a repre sentative in congres the then president â€” accidental john tyler â€” having betrayed the whigs and not meeting wilh lhe favor he ex peeled at the hands of the mass of lhe demo cratic paity was wholly without friflids in congress the traitor set to woi to manufac tnre some the enormous patronage oftho government was ai his command a certain measure known z his fiscal agent scheme f,,r collecting and disbursing the public revenue was employed as a feeler in tbe house of rep resenfatives this absurb financial project re ce ived only some twelve or fifteen votes in the noose thai number consisted of henry a wise geo h profit w w irvine green w cnldirru and others il i known sir that nearly every member who voted for that abomi nable measure received from john tyler a lu entire appointment mr g w caldwell re reived the best oflice in norlh carolina to make way for him col b s gaitber was re jec'.ed does mr c think the people havo forgotten these things / but says capl c / did voluntarily resign ', my fit office to go lo mexico there are some people ho have never been satisfied on this point if patriotism alone prompted lhe ex-su perintendent why did he not answer the call of his democratic president in the summer of 4h ? why did he not lead off immediately on receiving the second call in the winter of 46 â€” 47 i iiave heard it alleged lhat nothing but party zea and patty pride induced capt c to step forward when be saw his democratic friends in mecklenburg were about lo bring di grace on themselves and the party in n c by refusing io raise a single volunteer to aid in extricating the country out ol the unnecessary